nucmednet Chapter 9 The Shen family pools their money to repay the debt.
Chapter 9 The Shen family pools their money to repay the debt.
Liu Chunhua stood up, panting heavily, and pointed at Shen Dabiao and Liu Xianglan, cursing them.
"You're all ungrateful wretches. When have you ever been shortchanged from what we've received from the second brother's family?"
"It's this house. You only remember that the eldest son, Jiaqiang, moved in, but you've forgotten that I gave you 800 yuan in private?"
Liu Xianglan muttered to herself, "This house is worth 1000."
"You...you all.."
Liu Chunhua was so angry that she couldn't speak. Her legs went weak, and she collapsed to the ground.
Shen Dapeng was also furious and struggled to get up to hit someone with a broom.
Although Shen Daxing and his wife were taken away by the police, their two sons are still alive.
Hearing that his grandparents had secretly given his uncle and aunt so much extra money, his uncle and aunt still wanted to sever ties with his family at this time.
The two adult men were also angry.
Before Shen Dapeng could react, they raised their fists and swung them at Shen Dabiao and Liu Xianglan.
Although Shen Dabiao was also a man, he still had to protect Liu Xianglan, so he was no match for his two adult nephews.
Shen Dabiao and Liu Xianglan could only passively endure the beating.
"You want to go in too? Stop! Ouch!"
Shen Dabiao dodged and shouted, but unexpectedly he was punched in the corner of his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Shen Dabiao's son and daughter, Shen Mei, who were still in junior high school, wanted to come up and help their parents, but Liu Xianglan yelled at them to stay.
"Don't go any closer, these two are crazy, they're going to kill people, and they want to be sent in too."
Shen Dabiao and Liu Xianglan were both beaten while lying on the ground.
Liu Chunhua, who usually favored her youngest son, just watched coldly without saying a word.
Liu Chunhua only called for a halt after Shen Dabiao and Liu Xianglan fell to the ground and were kicked several times by their two adult nephews.
"Enough! Stop!"
Shen Daxing's two sons, who had been taken away because of their parents, retained some rationality. Upon hearing the shouts, they stopped hitting people and stood aside.
Liu Xianglan lay on the ground wiping away her tears, not daring to speak again for fear of getting another beating.
"You, the third son, have never received less than your share of the second son's money. Now that you're returning it, you all have to share the burden and pool your money together."
"8950.55 yuan plus 1000 yuan for compensation for mental distress, totaling 9950 yuan. Your father and I have 1500 yuan left. The eldest son's family will sell their newly built tile-roofed house for 1500 yuan and contribute another 2500 yuan. The third son's family will contribute 3500 yuan directly."
Shen Dabiao, who had been silent all along, finally couldn't hold back any longer.
"Mom! Where are we going to find 3500 for you! You're trying to kill me!"
Shen Daxing's two sons also clenched their fists.
"Grandpa and Grandma, our family can't afford that much money."
“I gave you all the money back then. If you can’t come up with it, I’ll turn myself in to the police station and tell you all the details of the money. My whole family will go to jail.”
“Let them go in then. They can’t force us to come up with that much money,” Liu Xianglan said defiantly.
"Stop talking back! She's gone too far! Slap her across the face!"
Liu Chunhua directed her eldest grandson to continue beating Liu Xianglan.
Liu Xianglan was so frightened that she shrank back and hid behind Shen Dabiao.
Shen Daxing's eldest son, Shen Chao, calmed down at this moment and said to Liu Chunhua in a deep voice.
"Grandpa and Grandma, raising money is the important thing, please calm down."
Shen Dapeng asked his eldest grandson, "What do you want to say?"
“Although all the money in our family is with my mother, I know roughly how much it is. It’s only about 1000 yuan, and we can’t afford a single penny more.”
Liu Chunhua looked at Shen Dabiao and asked sternly, "And you?"
Shen Dabiao looked at Liu Xianglan, who whispered a few words in his ear. Only then did Shen Dabiao say, "The total is only 1800."
The elderly couple, Liu Chunhua and her husband, received 1500 yuan each, 1500 yuan from selling their eldest son's house, 1000 yuan from their eldest son's savings account, and 1800 yuan from their second son's family.
It only costs 5800 yuan in total, and we are still short 3200 yuan.
Good heavens, this is an astronomical figure for them right now.
The Shen family members looked at each other, completely bewildered.
Overwhelmed with grief, Liu Xianglan began to sob softly, muttering to herself.
“It’s all Zhou Fengxia’s fault. If she hadn’t said she would marry the two girls to Liu Datong’s stupid son, things wouldn’t have turned out like this.”
"Even a rabbit will bite when cornered; this has really pushed Cheng to her limit."
Shen Chao was naturally unhappy to hear this. He knew that his mother's idea of marrying Shen Wancheng and Shen Yao to Liu Datong's mentally challenged son was all for the sake of finding wives for him and his brother.
When Shen Chao looked at Liu Xianglan, his eyes inadvertently swept over Shen Mei, and a flash of inspiration struck him.
Liu Datong just wants to find a wife for his mentally challenged son. Shen Wancheng and Shen Yao are fine, and Shen Mei is also an option.
Liu Datong's two sons, either of whom could be married off and receive 72 legs and 400 yuan in return. Selling the 72 legs would bring in at least 400 or 500 yuan, which would be 900 yuan in total.
If Liu Datong can't find another person willing to marry his mentally challenged son, as long as he's willing to give two dowries, Shen Mei can marry both of the mentally challenged brothers, and that would be 1800 yuan.
Shen Chaoyue thought about it and felt that this method was feasible.
In this way, 3800 yuan solved another 1800 yuan problem.
There are 2000 yuan left.
Grandparents only allowed his family to sell the house, but not his third uncle and aunt's family. Such favoritism is unacceptable at this time.
Although my second uncle's house is a bit older than their two new houses, it is spacious, and the woodshed next door can also be lived in. This house can be kept.
If my third uncle and aunt sell their new house, they can raise 1000 yuan. My grandparents' old house can be sold for 500 yuan.
Although it's a bit cramped for the whole family to live in this three-bedroom house, all the adults in the family have jobs in town, so they're always managing to get better and better off.
Moreover, as long as those two bastards, Shen Wancheng and Shen Yao, remain in town, their family will always find a way to get the money back.
Shen Chaoyue thought about it and felt that his idea was very good. He walked over to Shen Dapeng and Liu Chunhua and whispered his idea to them.
Shen Dapeng glanced at Shen Mei, who was comforting Liu Xianglan, and nodded.
Liu Chunhua told all the younger generation to go back to their rooms, leaving only Shen Dabiao and Liu Xianglan as husband and wife.
Shen Dapeng made no attempt to hide anything and told Liu Xianglan directly about his marriage to Shen Mei.
Liu Xianglan's first reaction was of course to disagree, but Liu Chunhua only told Liu Xianglan to think more about her youngest son.
If they can't get over this hurdle, what will happen to her son who has just started junior high school?
Liu Xianglan hesitated for a moment before agreeing to the matter.
Shen Dapeng and Liu Chunhua had lived in Xixia Village for most of their lives and had some standing. They said they would go to Liu Datong's house first thing tomorrow morning to discuss the marriage and marry Shen Mei to the two simple-minded brothers.
It seems like this matter is pretty much confirmed.
Having become in-laws with Liu Datong's family, it wouldn't be difficult to borrow 500 yuan from him. They were neighbors and relatives, and everyone knew each other well. Although the Shen family was broke, all their sons and grandsons had jobs and stable incomes, which was common knowledge in Xixia Village.
In this way, the repayment of nearly 9000 yuan was finally made.
With this information in mind, the members of the Shen family went back to their rooms to sleep.